Fuel.



, UNITED STATES Patented November 10, 1993.

HAVENS' B. BAYLES, OF NEWYORK, N, Y.

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srncrrxoarxou. forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,677, dated November 10,1903.

application filed July 2, 1903. Serial No. 164 ,002- (No specimens-7 I To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known-that I, HAVENS B. BAYLES, residing at No, 125 Seventh avenue, in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, State 5 of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fuel, of which the following is a specificatin.

' I My invention has for its object to provide a smokeless fuel capable of emitting great :0 heat, but at the same time perfectly safe to handle and non-explosiveat the ordinary tem-' 'iperature.

I have discovered that if asbestos-is saturated with glycerin the latter may be grad ually l burned on producing a very hot smokeless flame. The asbestos maybe used over and over again, as it is not consumed. I have also discovered that the asbestos can be resaturated when hot-indeed, even when the flame is burning-as the glycenirais non-explosive at that temperature. In order'to start combustion, it is necessary to apply heat,

such as the flame of a match, to a very small piece of the saturated asbestos,which is picked up for. that purpose, and when this is lighted the flame gradually spreads over the entire mass. I prefer to use asbestos as a'base; but any similar substance, such as mineral'w'ool, &c., caube substituted therefor. Cotton can also be used as'a base, but is objectionable, 3o inasmuch as it gradually consumes itself.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, fuel composed of a fibrous substance, saturated with glycerin, substantially. as described.

As anew-article of vmanufacture, fuel composed of asbestos saturated with glycerin, substantially as described. P

'In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 40 hand this 24th day of June, in the year 1903.

IIAVENS B. BAYLES.

Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS M. PRICE, GEO. O. BRUCHNER. 

